I spent probably about 6 months worth of development work spread out over a year, building the first incarnation of Timu.com that officially launched in early June. As many of the teams and players using the site on a daily basis can attest, Timu is far from a static project. I tend to make minor [...]
By far the biggest headache I hear about from coaches and managers of recreational sports teams is the issue of knowing which players are going to make it to upcoming games. It’s vital to know if you are going to have enough players at a particular game in a timely manner to know if you [...]
We’re continuously trying to improve on what we’ve already built here at Timu based on member feedback. One of the things we heard from a number of teams was that entering a season schedule could sometimes be a little tedious, especially it there were several dozen games or practices.
Based on this feedback we just put [...]
Sometimes it can be fun to suspend reality for a bit and marvel at superhuman, athletic feats, even if they may involve a tad bit of CGI work. Here’s my three favorite viral sports reality suspending sports videos…
1. NFL Fantasy Files: The Best Players
Easily my favorite viral sports video of all time. It brings a [...]
We’re currently have a contest running through the end of August, where the ten Timu members who accrue the most points get gift certificates for sports gear. Points are earned by doing things such as inviting members to Timu (500 points a sign-up), uploading photos, entering game results, and about a dozen other things. We [...]
I’ve gotten several emails in the last week asking what this whole “Points Thing” on Timu is about (but at the same time wondering how they can get more). Every member and team on Timu has a score that is tied to how active that member is on the site. There are dozens of ways [...]
We just extended it’s powerful game results and statistical tracking functionality to four additional team sports, basketball, lacrosse, hockey and soccer. Previously only baseball and softball had been supported.
There are now over 30 sports supported on Timu.com, but there is an ongoing process of extending advanced team features to all of the team sports. With [...]
One great feature for sports teams of the free team sites on Timu, is a powerful and very easy to use statistics engine. With very little effort you can provide your players, parents and fans with professional, dynamic statistics like you are used to only seeing on the sites of pro sports teams or ESPN.com
Statistics [...]
One of the biggest problems amateur sports teams have is sharing information with players, fans, parents and coaches. This include schedules, statistics, news, game results, and photos. When much of this information gets shared out frequently which is often the case with schedules and statistics it becomes even more difficult to make sure everybody has [...]
We decided to run a contest to help promote the recent launch of Timu. The prizes for this contest being gift cards to Sports Authority or another sporting goods provider of your choice. The Timu member who accrues the most points before the end of the day on Aug 31st, 2009, wins the following amounts [...]
